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NOS PES ee BES he applications of the fleet will in all probability not be started until some time after the large placed in commis- sion, though it is expected that fitting out operations will be begun on all of them by the end of the present month. At the afternoon meeting the wel- far plan of the Lake Carriers' Asso- ciation was gone over again by Mr. Coulby. The association is gratified with the reception that the welfare plan is receiving from the engineers, for membership being The meeting with the en- gineers was concluded with a dnner at the American House on Tuesday of the officials of the company being present, ds well as President William 'Livingstone and vice president J. FH. Siteadie Of tec Lake Carriers' Association. Mr. Coul- by acted as toastmaster and addresses carriers are numerous. evening, all were made by Harvey D. Goulder, A. F. Harvey;. Capt. DD. Salnvaa and Capt. Fo Bo. Sma pn. Smith, chief engineer of the Rogers, spoke on behalf of the engineers, ex- pressing his pleasure at the good feel- ing and spirit of mutual helpfulness that prevailed between the Pittsburg Steamship Co. and its engineers. Mr. Mr, Goulder's speech was especially notable, saying: "We have too many ships, too much tonnage for the current business and we are all apt to look on the dark side. How can we help it? Consider last season, with bonds on many ships, insurance rates so high as to be nearly prohibitory and promise earlier in the winter of even further in- crease, Harvey D. Goulder's Speech. "We hoped it would not last so- long and that we would have resumed our wonted prosperity in this coun- try by now, but if hope long de- ferred maketh the heart sick--so it is always darkest. before dawn, "Let us look at the situation square- ly and see the prospects of our business: We have been and are in this country of ours going through a process of evolution in business in every grade and phase of it. But with prosperity hustling us along and working everything into a great rush of 'business, the country did not con- sider enough, but simply went with it joyously until the inevitable dull- ness, and then, because its effects ramify every line of effort, foremost comes the question of tariff. This has been taken up now with vigor characteristic. of the American peo- ple. The extra session of congress convenes within a week. The presi- general revival, "'TAE Marine REVIEW dent has urged that its work be con- fined to this one endeavor and prep- aration has been going on for months. : Every promise is that the vexed and vexing question will be settled, if not in a perfect way, still so wisely, pat- riotically and safely through the rub- bing together of the best minds of the country under the advice of a great brained, great hearted patriot 'in the presidential chair, that we not only hope, but feel sure that prosperi- ty will come as it did after 1896 and with advantage of a broadened busi- ness spirit abide with us even longer. "In the evolution has come a won- derful welding of interests, older methods are changing with modern conditions. History repeats itself, in- deed, but the problems are bigger and more intricate. Railroads, the tele- graph, telephone, wireless telegraphy, innumerable other inventions and their improvements and multiplied use bring us. in closer touch throughout. ° "It is coming to be recognized and accepted that every form of business shall be called upon to bear its just expenses, including liberal wages and conditions to everyone, as representing the cost of what that business has to sell or provide. More and more this will come to be recognized as a canon of business. So while everybody real- izes that the freight rate has been cut too low, and nobody can ever expect to see rates soar to unreasonable and speculative heights, yet at rates norm- ally based, as I am confident they will be, we then furnish the cheapest transportation in the world, of such magnitude that it is safe to say that every man, woman and child in the United States feels its good results and influence, saving, indeed; as against the next cheapest method, every season of navigation nearly as much as the total sum spent by the government since the beginning in river and harbor improvements on the lakes. "For this country, not exhausted, but its surface only scratched as yet, with wonderful. resources, the expertness of its people in every avocation of life, hope but reflects the cool, careful and most expert business judgment that every element is ready to go forward to a more generous prosperity, not all at once, but steadily on and on. "God speed the wisdom of the con- for the signal to begin the which shall in due time bring up our own carrying trade, will be when William H. Taft, witht purpose high as his hope, signs any well conceived tariff act, and turns a radiant face to the American people." gress, a The gathering was in fact all that the company could desire, and the engineers left for their. homes thor- oughly convinced of the company ae absolute fairness towards them. - Appointment of Chief Engineers. The appointments of chief engineers for the first class steamers for the fleets of the Pittsburg Steamship Co. and Pickands, Mather & Co. are as follows: ; Pittsburg Steamship Co.: es Steamer. Chief Engineer. | Bakery iy. oes as E. S. Stoddard. Bithieton 14471 oy John Dupont. © Bessémief cay a ae A. G, chat. ; Blaek eee ee Richard Mastin. Bunsen: 3 35. a John F. Walsh. COLE, seein cen aa wes HH. Y. McLeod, 'Coralia caesar sions: .M. B. Sturtevant. ~~ COLEYs sac eae M. Toner. Cornell yt ee S. D. Graham. © Crescent City..... .... A. E. Buddemeyer. Dinkey iv ee a Geo. Fy Lynn, Bads 5 oes eae ee Wm. 'Dornbrook. Kdenborne, sieciciwawes Geo. H+ Barth. -<257, Bliwoods eos 3. Gear Levi Walder. ee) Empire City coed 25.8 C. Le Birtrand.: Eri¢ssoniae 24.5. 3: Wm. Bourlier. Rain paarn so es fe Thos. Treleaven. Prick pecs tees serene S. W. Armstrong. -- Pailton 2c hes ce ke Wm. Densmore. Gatiy os re Nee, Herman Dupont. Gates, 2.0 ieee rn es ee H. EE. Mcintosh. 3 Harvard. 2. as John H. Riggin:.. 7 Po ee L. L. Hineline. Houghton, 7553 1.0 ee Alex. McKenzie. ' Tote eon eee Le Os Willix. ; Diynch jt ae wo ee A. Le Eggert, a MceDotipallis: <tc seec .H. F. Schroeder. ; Malietoa sca. ee C. E. Lawrence. Maricopa. 3s: 6. snc 4a), ee. MoGlenn- Mataala.. 6: 22. 3 Geo. "R. Emery, Maunaloacte.cce ae. O. -G. W. Coder. Morgan . 3.0 Sic ai ate J. W.. Greiner. IMOPSE} foe ee os C. A, Fletcher. Mairply. on civics ..-Geo. Arnold. Perkins: 3:3). aeiocue E. W. Fox. PHIppSerne tes cet E. H. Learned.. Poe. Sos cere Fred Warning. . PrinCeton'. (26% wewis ets Ac Jacksom: = "ee: Oueen (City acs owe iW A. Marshall. Reamer ee ins eis Frank Mansfield. Rensselaetcie.. cig sce sues <n F. J. Spencer. seen Rockefeller cos. ¢scnie A. D. Birdsall. tnd ROGERS: otc ont: ieee Ee GAS SOUTH ce - Shaw. St eae J. R. McRae. so Siemens c05,..55. ions Hi. Edmondson. ae Stephenson... 22. a J. Wa. MeEachren, = 4 Superior City25 0 sa os on Harry B. Moore. . ag iota ISG ines ase +. John. Skelly, eg Watt. once ee Vere: As. J, Armson: a= Widener. 2G afar A. W. Armson. : Zenith (City. pte e ae A, La Roberta: + 7s Pickands, Mather & Co. aes Steamer. Engineer. Amasa Stone. .coo.85 Cc. A. Heisner. Samuel Mather........ ane Arnold. di Go Morse... 5 a . Mainon. DOs Mis oS A. Woods. Verona ee ces G. A. Butler. Crete o35 a ee F A. Steadley. Odamahy sy 20. oa J. A. Southgate. Hemlock. jac ws ee Pe -J3 Cant. = *Caltmet: 2s cc a cane .G. A. Brown. Normantac: #20 eu Herman Folkerts. AGHMAHGHEG: owas cui HH. Kessel. . BLD a, gue tuee ee Aubrey Rivard. NiCtOP¥e.4. es cece ais Ray Arnold. Patahndere ec sas eee Leo Arnold. PERSONAL. oo H. F. Campion, formerly - a auditor of the O. R. & N. Co, § Portland, Ore. has been appointed su perintendent of the Port of Portland towboat service, which is to take over river and bar towing on the Columbia river. This was heretofore doné ay the OR &N. 'Con es ee Smith" & Rhuland, Lunenberg, Nova Scotia, launched the. schooner Carrie Hirtle Feb. 14, She is owned by car James Hirtle.